Sweet Meat Lew wrote:Dennis 37 wrote:They need a coach that tells LeBron he's off the bench and getting 20 minutes tops. Can't win with his defense and him choosing when to give effort.
This is hilarious...so you take your player with the highest +/- this season and reduce his minutes for who? Taurean Prince?...Max Christie?. If you believe Bron was the problem this year then you either weren't watching or are blinded by your Bron hate.
Bron can still score the ball, there is no question about that. He gets all the favorable calls, as do the Lakers as a team, so it's no surprise he has the top plus/minus on the team.
But as the prior poster said, Bron plays no defense so that costs you all the close games - that's the first big issue. Just watch the remaining playoff games. You sell all 10 guys hustling back and forth. Okay there might be a few plays here and there where it might not happen. But with Bron, it's at least half the game or more of no hustle. Worse is he starts blaming his teammates and putting his hands up when he's the guy who missed the coverage. I always laugh at how often James is seen casually walking back to the defensive end, and then there is a steal or near steal and all of sudden it's like it was shot from a cannon trying to get an easy dunk or layup.
Second big issue is Bron wants to pad his stats and carry the ball up to get assists. Problem is he is too slow and grinding the offense to halt. He expects to stand still, let the other guy do all the work to get free and then make the pass to get the assist.
I'm sure there are a number of NBA stars who are well aware of this, and would rather not play with Bron. You see Bron wanting to team up with all the other stars. When is the last time you heard a star say they want to team up with him?